Coming soon: sub-Rs 30k laptops

K Yatish Rajawat, TNNFeb 24, 2004, 12.03am IST

MUMBAI: If you were planning to buy a laptop, hold on for some more time as prices are expected to come down further. Taiwanese chip company Via Technologies has introduced its Antaur processor for the laptop market in India.

These processors are being used by UK-based Allied Computers International (ACI) to assemble laptops in India which will be launched for less than Rs 30,000 next month.

This price point compares very well with assembled computers which cost around Rs 30,000.

ACI's laptop will not be a high-end machine but will be able to carry out Word, Excel and other heavily used applications.

According to Hirji Patel, chairman, ACI, "We only sell notebooks and have been able to get a good foothold in the market. This will be our first attempt to address the entry level market."